tomcat_simple.conf

# /etc/init/test_app.conf
# Task to automatically start the test application service for demo
# dependant on mysql service

author "Darren Watt"
description "Test App"

expect fork

start on started mysql
stop on stopping mysql

env CATALINA_HOME=/home/user/test_app
env JAVA_HOME=/usr/bin/java
env USER=demo


description "Tomcat Server"

  start on runlevel [2345]
  stop on runlevel [!2345]
  respawn
  respawn limit 10 5

  expect fork

  # adapt paths:
  env JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64
  env CATALINA_HOME=/usr/local/tomcat
  env CATALINA_OUT=/usr/local/tomcat/logs/catalina.out
  env USER=tomcat

  # adapt java options to suit your needs:
  env JAVA_OPTS="-Djava.awt.headless=true -Xms512M -Xmx1024M -server -XX:+UseParallelGC -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true"

  script
    cd $ROOT_DIR
    exec su -c "$JAVA_HOME/bin/java $JAVA_OPTS  " $USER > $CATALINA_OUT 2>&1
  end script

  # cleanup temp directory after stop
  post-stop script
    rm -rf $CATALINA_HOME/temp/*
  end script